‘My cat is safe,’ Medvedev assures Russia
梅德維傑夫向俄羅斯保證：「我的貓沒事」

A woman displays her cat in a fashion costume during a cat and dog exhibition in Minsk, Belarus last Saturday.一位女士上週六在白俄羅斯明斯克舉辦的貓狗展上，秀出其打扮時尚的愛貓。

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Setting aside fears for a new arms race with the US or the conflict in Syria, new Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev took to Twitter on March 28 to reassure Russia on another burning issue — the well-being of his cat.

“It has become known from sources close to Dorofey that he didn’t disappear. Thank you for your concern, everyone,” tweeted Medvedev.

Russian social media users have been having a field day speculating about the cat’s alleged escape, with at least two Twitter accounts created in Dorofey’s name to post updates of his whereabouts and his decision to join the nascent protest movement.

“I am tired of politics! I want family and kids!” one Dorofey impersonator @Dorofey_Kot tweeted.

The cat’s name — derived from Greek Dorotheos, or the “gift of God” — soared to global Twitter trends as bloggers joked the animal had fled ahead of his owner’s departure from the Kremlin in May.